Job Summary: The Melt Shop Process Engineer is a hands-on position that requires close collaboration with the EAF, LMF, and Caster Managers, Supervisors, and Operators, as well as other departmental and operations management. This position involves quality investigations, continuous improvement, data analysis, and product/process development.

Role and Responsibilities

1. Demonstrate and emphasize safe work practices and behaviors to all employees.
2. Strive to identify opportunities to improve safety, quality, cost, organization, or efficiency.
3. Maintain and verify department production process data.
4. Report on a daily basis Day/WTD/MTD/YTD performance metrics.
5. Develop and maintain automated data collection/analysis systems.
6. Develop and maintain strong working relationships with the production and maintenance workforce.
7. Lead investigations related to missed chemistries, clogging, slab surface, customer claim, or other quality-related issues.
8. Manage the scarfing and slab release processes.
9. Provide technical/analytical support for all CAPEX/product development/improvement initiative trials.
10. Oversee and coordinate the implementation of NPS system requirements.
11. Lead root cause investigations utilizing continuous improvement/PDCA methodology and implement and complete related corrective actions (production process failure analysis).
12. Review and update SOPs to meet safety/quality/cost goals.
13. Conduct periodic quality/safety/SOP audits of all areas Scrap/EAF/LMF/Caster/Scarfing Yard.

The Technology Manager is responsible to provide metallurgical leadership and support related to the development, implantation, and continuous improvement of processes and products that safely and cost-effectively meet customer demands for quality, consistent, and on-time performance.

The Technology Manager will report directly to the General Manager and Director of Process Metallurgist and will also collaborate with members of the corporate technical and sales groups. The Technology Manager will coordinate activities with the Quality Assurance Manager to ensure compliance with company, and customer quality procedures, and specifications. The Technology manager will interact directly with management and supervision in the premium melting and forge plants to develop and implement products, initiatives and solutions to meet customer demands. The Technology Manger will also interact with shop floor, supply chain, engineering and other members of the organization to collaborate on various projects and initiatives.

• Develop, verify, validate, and use physics-based and empirical models that simulate hot working, melting, solidification, fluid flow, atomization, heat transfer, and microstructure evolution in nickel-base superalloys, titanium alloys, and specialty steels.
• Utilize process simulation to support manufacturing process improvements that result in better product quality and lower manufacturing costs.
• Conduct testing and characterization in order to generate data necessary for model development, validation, or verification.
• Communicate results to management, colleagues, and customers in the form of written reports and oral presentations.
• Propose, defend and execute project concepts for new products, cost savings, quality improvement, and process innovation. Collaborate with technology and research colleagues across company.
• Maintain industry expertise and current knowledge of developments in process modeling by experimentation, attending meetings and conferences conducted by trade associations, by reviewing trade literature and by periodic visit to customer or supplier base.
• Enthusiastically tackle challenges and achieve results while dealing with ambiguity and change that accompanies working in a research environment.

METALLURGIST

JOB SUMMARY:
Utilizing independent judgment, this position provides technical support to the Sales Department and customers for all phases of steel operations. Supports Operations and ensures good quality procedures are in place. Oversees trials of new materials and processes to ensure good quality practices are being utilized. Provides metallurgical support to management personnel.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Works to improve process and product to meet customer requirements.
Provides technical support for all phases of steel operations including melting, teeming and annealing steel ingots.
Assists Operations in the Melting Department, as needed
Ensures that Operations follow established procedures and sound metallurgical practices.
Supports the investigation and disposition of non-conforming material.
Performs failure investigations on customer returns/claims.
Supports the Sales department by providing technical guidance and creation/revision of grades to meet customer needs.
Responsible for quality training for employees.

Looking for a corporate level, technological leader in metallurgy and materials science who is a hands-on, team player. The person will be expected to act as consultant and metallurgical expert to all divisions of the company, as necessary, responding to queries about materials, material acceptability, specifications, failure investigations, material performance improvements and material quality issues both internal and with our supplier base.  The successful applicant will be expected to take a leadership role in material development as the company expands its current product offering into new applications with structural and environmental challenges beyond their knowledgebase and capability.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB:

• New Product Development: Research and Development of performance enhancing materials and material heat treatments.
• Design: Support engineers on materials selection and evaluation, testing, fabrication, heat treatment, and plating.
• Manufacturing: Support the evaluation of material quality, obtain and maintain NADCAP heat treat accreditation where required, consult and assist with internal/external customer concerns regarding product quality, customer audits and approvals, materials and testing, failure analysis, destructive testing, procedures, evaluation of vendors for heat treating and plating
• Metallurgical Analysis: Improve existing metallurgical laboratory and maintain a list of vendors that can provide services outside of the labs capabilities.
• Heat Treat Department: Technically oversee and support a newly implemented heat treat department within the company.